Ultra HD Master (811 × 648 px)
Impressionism
1874
The Dance Class
Original title: La Classe de danse
Edgar Degas
Museum Provenance & Technical Data
Medium / Support:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
85 cm × 75 cm
Date of Creation:
1874
Scan Resolution:
811 × 648 px
Archive File Size:
0.2 MB
Permanent Collection:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
Historical Narrative
Ballet master Jules Perrot conducts a rehearsal in the Paris Opera rehearsal hall surrounded by exhausted young ballerinas adjusting their tutus.
Visual & Curatorial Analysis
"Degas captures unposed, spontaneous human movement through an asymmetric photographic diagonal composition and exquisite pastel tonalities."
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